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Ham radio enthusiasts were among the earliest home computer users. Computers were useful in making the complex calculations common needed for amateur radio projects and they could be used for “ham shack” activities like tracking contacts.
There were at least two active ham radio “networks” active in the 1980s:
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Minute Timer Program This one prints ‘Time to I.D.’ in BIG letters when time expires. It is accurate over a ten minute period,... | George Paczolt (N3CHT) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Amateur Radio | Timelinez | October 1983 | |
| Amateur Radio News | CATS Newsletter | January 1986 | |
| Another Antenna Approach Program to determine antenna dimensions. | 73 Magazine | March 1984 | |
| Antenna Design Program Program provides assistance for half-wave dipole, 3 element Yagi, inverted vee, full wave loop, vertical, quad, and delta loop antenna... | George Paczolt (N3CHT) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Audio Frequency Counter Program for the Timex/Sinclair ZX81 This program will run in as little as 1K of RAM and will allow frequency measurements (to about 15 kHz.)... | SyncWare News | September-October 1985 | |
| Bits and Bytes On the T/S 2068, it is possible to mess up the joystick ports if a wildly erroneous value is put... | QZX | April 1988 | |
| Bulletins Updates from ATC Software, Kentronics, Computech, SyncMaster, KIS Engineering, Gladstone. | Timex Sinclair User | October 1983 | |
| CTM Magazine Quits Chet Lambert, owner/publisher of CTM Magazine, announced in the June issue that he is quitting. CTM supported amateur radio operators... | Update Magazine | July 1988 | |
| Direction Finding Program This slight rewrite of the usual direction finding program provides antenna pointing information for locations having a known long/lat. It... | George Paczolt (N3CHT) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Editor Ramblings Growth of the magazine. Amateur radio and the Sinclair Computer; QZX. Computers in schools. Watchmaker's Guidebook. Users group in Hammond,... | Synchro-Sette | November 1982 | |
| Editor Ramblings Magazine printed with daisy wheel printer. Spectrum micro drives not disk. Sinclair and Timex sales figures. Amateur radio users. Educational... | Synchro-Sette | January 1983 | |
| Forum The Timex Sinclair Amateur Radio User Group (TSARUG) has organized a FIDO Network node to serve the members of the... | SyncWare News | Jan-Feb 1986 | |
| Ham Hacker Programs from Hawg Wild Software Review of programs for amateur radio operators. | T-S Horizons | January/February 1984 | |
| Ham Helper Program This is an all-around ham operator assistance program originally written for the TRS-80 by Jack Martin (W6XW) and published in... | Kraig Pritts (KA2LHO) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Ham Radio Timex/Sinclair Amateur Radio Users Group (TSARUG) organized a FIDO network node. | Time Designs Magazine | January/February 1986 | |
| Hamming with the TS/ZX, TI-99/4A and Commodore Computers | Computer Trader Magazine | September 1984 | |
| Here’s A Cheap Home Brew Tone Decoder That Works Great!! What’s a tone decoder, you ask? Well, a tone decoder is a vital piece of equipment which must be hooked... | Thomas B. Woods | Computer Updates | Winter 1986 |
| Loaded Dipole Design Program Program for calculating the loading coil value required for dipole antennas. | Murray Gordon (VE1BRA) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Maximum Usable Frequency Program This program, named TSMUF-4, is enhanced version of Bob’s previous program TSMUP-2 and details on upgrading, as well as the... | Bob O'Leary (KQ2F) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Ntty Grtty RTTY DIY RTTY interface for the Timex/Sinclair 1000. | 73 Magazine | September 1984 | |
| Packet Anyone? / Packet Radio Map Lists amateur radio packet node stations in Ohio and the Pittsburgh area, with call signs and frequencies. Includes a regional... | The RAMTOP | Winter 1993 | |
| Pi-Network Design Program These programs might be of interest too some of the QZX subscribers. The program labeled “PI” draws a PI network... | Jim Crosby (K5GK) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Programming for the Complete Idiot | Ken Carpenter (KC4UG) | Computer Trader Magazine | August 1984 |
| Publisher’s Notes Quantum Computing going out of business; American QLs being sold in England. | QZX | April 1988 | |
| QL ‘n Packet Alex in July, “Friends of Qzx”, told the readers I was trying to put my QL on Packet. I am... | Bob Diggs | CATS Newsletter | November 1988 |
| QL ‘n Packet Here again, back in Florıda after a month of travel to California, Arizona and Mexico. Being exposed to the PC... | Bob Diggs | CATS Newsletter | February/March 1989 |
| QL Antenna Program Calculates antenna size for specific frequencies. | QZX | April 1988 | |
| QL Media Managers Several menuloader options are provided in this utility issue mdv/disk. The BOOT routine is a string-defined menu which contains only... | Update Magazine | July 1989 | |
| QL on Packet One ham's experience using the QL to communicate via packet radio. | Update Magazine | October 1988 | |
| QSL Printing Program Here is a compact QSL printing program which may be handy in the ham-shack. It is suitable for any situation... | Kraig Pritts (KA2LHO) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| QZX Index Description of the index. | Update Magazine | July 1993 | |
| Repeater Log, Part 2 | Computer Trader Magazine | October 1984 | |
| RTTY Loop Computer uses in the ham shack. Section on ZX-81/TS-1000 add-ons. | 73 Magazine | March 1987 | |
| RTTY Loop Last month I wrote a bit about a new toy here at WAJAJR, a TRS-80C Color Computer. Based on the... | Marc I. Leavey | 73 Magazine | April 1984 |
| RTTY Loop Timex-Sinclair computer users get a boost from Bob Howard WADLI of West Covina, California. He tells us that he was... | Marc I. Leavey | 73 Magazine | March 1987 |
| RTTY Loop Bernard Ginsberg is working on interfacing his Sinclair ZX-81 (aka Timex 1000) to RTTY. | 73 Magazine | June 1983 | |
| T-S News ITEM: The December issue of DISCOVER, and presumably other magazines, has an 8-page booklet from TIMEX with the comic strip... | T-S Horizons | December 1983 | |
| T-S News Softaid (tape with popular Spectrum games); proceeds went to BandAid. Programs for ham radio operators (1000 and 2068). "Memonotes", a... | T-S Horizons | November 1984 | |
| T-S News Ezra Group has software for TS1000 and TS2068; "The 1985 Sinclair User Annual" published by Sinclair User; Timex Sinclair Amateur... | T-S Horizons | May/June 1985 | |
| Telecommunications on the QL Short program to send CTRL-C, discussion of British ham radio software. | QZX | April 1988 | |
| Telecomputing, Where We Stand Ham radio operators and computer communication via packet radio. | Update Magazine | October 1988 | |
| The Future of QZX Postal rates going up, subscribers decreasing. | QZX | April 1988 | |
| The History of QZX History of the ham radio focused computing magazine founded by Martin Irons. | Alex Burr (K5XY) | Update Magazine | April 1993 |
| The T/S 1000 on Packet Discusses converting the TS 2050 modem to an RS-242 port for use with ZTX80 terminal program (from Fred Nachbaur) to... | QZX | April 1988 | |
| The Timex Sinclair Amateur Radio Users Group | CATS Newsletter | January 1987 | |
| Timex Sinclair Computers and Amateur Radio Programs to allow TS users to communicate via a RTTY-like method. | Timex Sinclair User Group Newsletter: Ottawa Chapter | May 1985 | |
| TS2068-Morse Code Generator | Sinc-Link | September/October 1990 | |
| Using Your T/S Computer in Hamming This is my next article for the Ham series for the Timex/Sinclair computers. | Joe C. Smith Jr. | Computer Trader Magazine | September 1986 |
| Wavelength/Freq Program Wavelength to frequency conversion. | George Paczolt (N3CHT) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Where Am I Pointed? Antenna aiming program. | 73 Magazine | May 1985 | |
| Worked All States This 16K program, written in Timex/Sinclair BASIC, provides a convenient way to store data related to the ARRL Worked All... | Robert J. Lees (W3ZQN) | QZX | July & August 1983 |
| Title | Company |
|---|---|
| AMS-81 A Timex/Sinclair computer port of W3IWI’s BASIC TRACK program for earth satellite tracking. | AMSAT |
| Antenna Design For FM, HAM, and TV antennas. Design your own or modify your current antenna to optimize the reception in your... | Huron Communications |
| Antenna Design Design your own cubical quad, yagi beam or inverted Vee antenna for ham or CB radio. | Kentronics |
| Autotrack: Computer Rotor Control Antenna rotor controller. WorldTrack software on cassette. Advertised in AMSAT Journal. | Spectrum West |
| CWSS Split screen CW Transceive Program. Received CW is printed on the top 10 lines of the screen; the transmit display,... | Cliff Nunnery, NU4V |
| Ham Helper Series 15 ham programs plus 4 non-ham programs on scanners, budgeting and music theory. | Kraig Pritts |
| Ham Radio Pak Special package which includes: POLSAT: calculates minute-by-minute aim-angles for polar orbiting comsats. GEOSAT: calculates the aim-angle to any of the... | ZETA Software |
| HAM-AID Calculate reactance. resonance. resistors in parallel. and evaluate expressions. 2K. | Active Designs |
| Hamware 5 programs for ham radio operators. Covering circuit design ac and dc, impedance, frequency, and antenna design. 1K. | Z-Games |
| MinimUF 3.5 Minimum usable frequency radio propagation program. | Hawg Wild Software |
| Morseman 3 Morse displayed as alphanumerics on screen. Training aid; practice for speed and accuracy. Automatic decode option for Morse received by... | D. R. Navigation |
| Radiobeacon Qwikplot Immediate indication of position obtained from either 2 or 3 RDF bearings. In the latter case, fixed marker indicates median... | D. R. Navigation |
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| Morse | Program | Download | |
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| The History of QZX QZX was one of the longest running Sinclair newsletter in the United States, starting in 1981 and published for more... | October 31, 2020 |